[Osage Orange]

Congestive heart failure is not treated surgically.

Pleural effusions can be a byproduct of CHF...and, if big enough, are indeed treated surgically.

[Graymatter]

Pleural effusions...if big enough, are indeed treated surgically.

Not doubting you at all, but that sounds like a fast track to a fatal infection. Is that the best they can do?